Nathan Randall Green’s unmistakable geometric hard-edge style is based on his keen interest in cosmology and his research, for example at the McDonald Observatory in Fort Davis, Texas. At first glance, his paintings look like angular abstractions full of triangles in bright colors. On closer inspection, the composite elements begin to form a space of varying depth. The many materials used such as acrylic, scraps of canvas, cardboard, plastics with paper pulp on organically shaped wooden panels and their layers create an intricately textured surface that hints at the intense process of their creation. His paintings achieve visual depth and aim to convey time and space simultaneously.
“A lot of my work deals with cosmological ideas,” says Nathan Randall Green, “and many of my paintings are inspired by looking into the distance, into our night sky, our solar system, past the Milky Way and into the afterlife.”
Green refers to hard-edge painting, which originated in New York in 1959, experimenting with line, form, color and texture and transferring this approach to a contemporary visual language. His paintings are artistic cartographies that “re-survey” the world of painting.
Nathan Randall Green (*1980 in Houston, Texas) studied art at the University of Texas at Austin. His most recent exhibitions include “Three Directions” 2023 at Qualia Contemporary Art in Palo Alto, California. This exhibition showcased his current work, which deals intensively with geometric forms and cosmological themes. Another notable project was the public mural “Our Star: Shoegaze BX” in New York City, which was realized in 2023.
education
2004
B.F.A. Studio Art, University of Texas, Austin
public collections
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
selected solo and duo exhibitions
2023
Three Directions, Qualia Contemporary, Palo Alto
2021
Hear the Stars, Qualia Contemporary, Palo Alto
2020
Morning Moon, Window Gallery, Sointula
Parallax, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York
2017
Hollow Gold Shell, Left Field Gallery, San Luis Obispo
2016
Over the Sun, Art Palace Gallery, Houston
2014
FEATURE, Goss Michael Foundation, Dallas
Faux, Deep Ellum Windows, Dallas
Wall as Support, TCC SE, Dallas
2013
Building Pictures, Art Palace Gallery, Houston
The Sky and Elsewhere (Mural), Co-lab Gallery, Austin
2011
Fill the Sky, Art Palace Gallery, Houston
2009
Weekend Pacifists (with Michael Sieben), Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles
selected group exhibitions
2022
Learning to Draw, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas
2019
Material Play, Salisbury University, Salisbury
Double Play, The Pit Presents, Glendale
2017
Brushless, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York
Power Lines, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas
2016
RE//Woven, Monserrat College, Beverly
Slippery Slope, Left Field, San Luis Obispo
30, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas
2015
Shape Play, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia
Black and White, Eugene Binder Gallery, Marfa
Splitting Light, University of Buffalo
2014
Space Age, HUS Gallery, London
One Night Stand, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas
Colors and Things, University of Salisbury Art Galleries, Salisbury
2013
Transatlantic – Texas, Big Medium Gallery, Austin
Acceleration, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas
Outside the Lines: U.I.A., Contemporary Art Museum, Houston
2012
Beef, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas
Three Vertices, LVL3, Chicago
2011
Texas Biennial, Austin
2008
I35 Biennial, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas
Our Star: Shoegaze BX, Pelham Bay-Viertel, NY, 2023
ADRD (Redshift), American Dream, East Rutherford, N.J., 2019
Strata, Acrylic on concrete, Light Farms, Celina, TX, 2018